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Production method of electrode catalyst, electrode catalyst, composition for forming gas diffusion electrode, gas diffusion electrode, membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), and fuel cell stack

a production method and catalyst technology, applied in the field of electrode catalysts, can solve the problems of shortening the life of the fuel cell, reducing the catalytic activity of the core-shell catalyst, and affecting the production efficiency of the catalyst, so as to reduce the catalytic activity of the electrode catalyst and reduce the manufacturing cost. , the effect of simple operation

Active Publication Date: 2016-08-04
N E CHEMCAT
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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a production method for an electrode catalyst with reduced chlorine (Cl) species content, even when using as an electrode catalyst material an electrode catalyst precursor containing a high concentration of Cl. This method can prevent the decrease in the catalytic activity of the electrode catalyst caused by the Cl species. Additionally, this invention provides a production method for mass-producing the electrode catalyst with reduced manufacturing costs. The reduced chlorine species content of the electrode catalyst can be confirmed and the resulting gas diffusion electrode, membrane-electrode assembly, and fuel cell stack can be used for various applications.

Problems solved by technology

Conventionally, there have been disclosed that, as for an electrode catalyst for PEFC, if the content of chlorine contained in the electrode catalyst is 100 ppm or more, it is not desirable as an electrode catalyst (for example, Patent Document 3); and that this is because if the content of chlorine contained in the electrode catalyst is 100 ppm or more, it is impossible to obtain a sufficient catalytic activity for the electrode catalyst for fuel cells; and corrosion of its catalyst layer will occur, thus shortening the life of the fuel cell.
The reason, as disclosed therein, is because a halogen element causes degradation in battery performance if it remains in the electrode.
For this reason, it is difficult to respond to the need to let the core-shell catalyst exhibit sufficient catalytic activity, by positively choosing, as a starting material, a compound containing no halogen elements (particularly chlorine).

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[0266]The present invention is described in greater detail hereunder with reference to working examples. However, the present invention is not limited to the following working examples.

[0267]Here, the inventors of the present invention confirmed that iodine (I) species was not detected from the catalysts of the working and comparative examples, when employing the X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.

[0268]Further, unless otherwise noted in the description of each step of the following production method, these steps were carried out under a room temperature and in the air.

Production of Electrode Catalyst Precursor

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[0269]The electrode catalyst was produced by the electrode catalyst production method of the present invention through following process. The raw materials of the electrode catalyst that were used in the production examples are as follows.[0270]Carbon black powder: product name “Ketjen Black EC300” (by Ketjen Black International Co.)[0271]Sodium tetrachloropalladate (II)[0272]Palladium nitrate[0273]Potassium chloroplatinate

[Preparation of Palladium-Supported Carbon]

[0274]As a support of the electrode catalyst, there was used a carbon black powder which was dispersed in water to prepare a dispersion liquid of 5.0 g / L. An aqueous solution of sodium tetrachloropalladate (II) (concentration 20% by mass) of 5 mL was then delivered by drops into and mixed with such dispersion liquid. An aqueous solution of sodium formate (100 g / L) of 100 mL was further delivered by drops into a dispersion liquid thus obtained, followed by taking the insoluble components through filtering and then washing ...

production examples 2 to 6

[0280]Electrode catalyst precursors 2 to 6 of production examples 2 to 6 were respectively obtained in a similar manner as the production example 1 except that the supported amounts of platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) contained in the electrode catalyst became those represented by the concentrations (% by mass concentration) as set forth in the working example 7, comparative examples 3 to 5 and comparative example 2 of Table 1.

[0281]As described later, as for the electrode catalyst precursors 1 to 6, it was confirmed that their chlorine (Cl) species concentrations, as measured by XRF spectroscopy, were not lower than 6,000 ppm as set forth in Table 1.

[0282]Thus, in the following working examples, the first chlorine (Cl) species concentration of the electrode catalyst precursor as the raw material is 6,000 ppm.

Production of Electrode Catalyst

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Abstract

Provided is an electrode catalyst production method capable of obtaining, through an easy operation, an electrode catalyst whose chlorine (Cl) species content has been reliably and sufficiently reduced, even when using as an electrode catalyst raw material an electrode catalyst precursor containing a high concentration of chlorine.The method is to produce an electrode catalyst having a core-shell structure including a support, a core part formed on the support and a shell part formed to cover at least a part of a surface of the core part. The method includes a first step (1) of retaining a liquid containing ultrapure water, a reductant such as a hydrogen-containing gas and an electrode catalyst precursor under at least one stage of a predetermined temperature for a predetermined retention time, such electrode catalyst precursor being produced using a material containing chlorine (Cl) species, and exhibiting a chlorine (Cl) species concentration not lower than a predetermined first chlorine (Cl) species concentration when measured by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a production method of electrode catalyst. Also, the present invention relates to an electrode catalyst obtained by the production method of the electrode catalyst, a composition for forming a gas diffusion electrode including the electrode catalyst, a gas diffusion electrode, a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), and a fuel cell stack.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A so-called polymer electrolyte fuel cell (Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell: hereinafter called “PEFC” as needed), has its operating temperature of from a room temperature to about 80° C. Also, since PEFC makes it possible to employ inexpensive general-purpose plastics, etc. for members constituting its fuel cell body, it is possible to realize reduction in weight. Furthermore, PEFC makes it possible to achieve thinning of a polymer electrolyte membrane, enabling an electric resistance to be reduced, thereby enabling a power loss to be reduced relatively easily. Due to PEFC having n...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H01M4/92H01M4/86H01M8/1004
CPCY02P70/56Y02E60/50H01M8/1007B01J37/16B01J23/44B01J35/08H01M8/1004H01M4/9041H01M4/9083H01M4/921H01M4/926H01M2008/1095H01M4/8605H01M4/88Y02P70/50B01J35/51
Inventor MIZUSAKI, TOMOTERUNAGAMORI, KIYOTAKANAKAMURA, YOKOTSUBAKI, TAKUYA
Owner N E CHEMCAT